10 Indicted In Heroin Trafficking Ring

January 15, 2010|By Ashley Kelly, akelly@dailypress.com 247-4778

NEWPORT NEWS — Ten people were indicted in federal court Wednesday in connection with a major heroin trafficking ring.Those charged were involved in a criminal racketeering enterprise that engaged in narcotics distribution, money laundering and weapons violation, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

According to the indictment, Darryl Wright, 44, of Hampton, is the leader of the trafficking organization responsible for bringing heroin from New York and New Jersey to the Peninsula since at least January 2007.

Members of the heroin ring generally traveled by bus to New York or New Jersey, and purchased 200 grams of heroin, according to the news release.

The drugs were then taken to a home in the southeast community of Newport News, an arrangement that was set up by Wright. At the house, the heroin was cut and repackaged for street-level distribution, according to a news release.